Porter v. Marcus

Full title: PORTER v. MARCUS et al

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 7, 1980

274 S.E.2d 168 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)

156 Ga. App. 368

Opinion

60656.

SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 10, 1980.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 7, 1980.

Certiorari to Civil Service Board. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge McKenzie.

Al Horn, for appellant.

W. Roy Mays, III, Marva Jones Brooks, for appellees.

SOGNIER, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Fulton County filed January 15, 1980, affirming the decision of the Civil Service Board, which upheld the termination of appellant's employment as a police officer by the Atlanta Department of Public Safety. Such appeals must be brought under the discretionary provisions of Code Ann. § 6-701.1 (a) (Ga. L. 1979, pp. 619, 620, effective July 1, 1979). Accordingly, this appeal must be dismissed. Evans v. Davey, 154 Ga. App. 269 ( 267 S.E.2d 875) (1980); McIntyre v. City of Atlanta, 154 Ga. App. 309 ( 268 S.E.2d 363) (1980).

Appeal dismissed. Deen, C. J., and Birdsong, J., concur.

SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 10, 1980 — DECIDED NOVEMBER 7, 1980.